Category — College

Guy Kawasaki has an interesting post about what schools should teach students in order to prepare for the business world. Much of his advice can be carrier over to aspiring entrepreneurs.
From the article:

“In college, you’re supposed to bring problems to your teachers during office hours, and you share the experience of coming up with a solution. In the real world, you’re supposed to bring solutions to your boss in an email, in the hall, or in a five-minute conversation.

“…force yourself to learn how to figure out just about anything on your own. There are no office hours, no teaching assistants, and study groups in the real world.

“How to explain something in thirty seconds…”

Read the rest of the post

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While scanning my list of daily news sites, I stumbled upon an article from Money Magazine that features dream jobs for twenty-somethings.

From the article:

“Research by Money Magazine and Salary.com: You’ve been in the job long enough to know what you want: more pay, more upside and more control over where you’re going.”

As I’ve said before, being an entrepreneur is more than just starting your own business, it is working in an entrepreneurial environment also.

Do you know that you want to be your own boss, but your not sure what you want to do? Or are you just not quite ready to start a business yet? Why not work in an awesome industry to gain experience and actual business lessons that may prove useful in your future endeavors.

For instance, while working your day job, take note of how business deals are done, learn how to market and make sales, and understand how meetings are organized. Then, think about how you would run your business differently or what parts of the business you will adopt for your own.

If you learn to do this then you will learn to take every experience (no matter how chilling the thoughts of Corporate America are) as an opportunity to learn and grow. Which, in turn, will make you that much closer to your goals of being self-made.

Besides, unless you come from a wealthy family, you will probably have to work a bit anyway. You might as well learn from it a bit.

There are many jobs out there for young people that can help mold you into the entrepreneur you want to be. You just have to do some soul searching and internet surfing. What type of job NOW may help you LATER?

With these dream jobs you may just gain the skills, experience, and contacts you need to start your own business.

Read the rest of this article and see the slides

If your looking for a Best Job check out the Best Companies To Work in 2007 for even more career opportunities.

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Although I have only attended the 1st semi-annual Startup School, I can honestly admit that the advice I received there is priceless. Below you will find summaries of the Startup Schools that have taken place so far. Guest speakers at these events include Steve Wozniak, Paul Graham, Chris Sacca, Chris Anderson, Tim O’Reilly, Om Malik, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Mandel, and the list goes on. The advice you will receive will include Intellectual Property, C Corporation vs. S Corporation, best way to start a business, and how to strike business deals.

October 2005 Notes

2006 Notes part 1

March 2007 Notes and Via Scribd

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The Amazing Blindfolded Pianist That Plays A Medley Of Mario Brothers Music. Truly Amazing Video!

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Forbes has an interesting article and slide show of cities that have thriving college campuses and recommends those cities for starting new businesses.

View the slide show of Top IQ Campuses

If you are looking for a good place to start a business, check out Cool Town Studios, where you will find many useful articles on places to start businesses.

Also, check out these Top Tech Towns.

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A little over a year ago I started really getting into listening to interesting entrepreneurial podcasts. Since then I have listened to many excellent speakers and used much of the advice that I’ve learned from the podcasts. However, there are only a few of these entrepreneurial podcasts stand out in my mind in their entirety. One of which is from Stanford University’s impressive collection of Entrepreneurial podcast.

Tina Seelig’s Things I wish I knew when I was 20 is one of those exceptional listens. Tina Seelig is the Executive Director for Stanford’s Technology Ventures Program and an excellent speaker. If you haven’t listened to it, I would highly recommend doing so. Her advice translates well to any old or young professional, even if you never plan on opening up your own business.
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With my fiancee, Kristi, starting another semester of college. I am reminded of the things that I didn’t know about college when I was a freshman and sophomore. These are a few tidbits that I wish someone would have told me before I went away to school. And so I share them with you.

Majors 101

Majors do not matter as much as you may think. Of course, if you want to be a doctor, then you will have to go to medical. However, for most of the college majors out there, picking one does not lock you into a life of hell, if it turns out you hate the real-world career version of your discipline.

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